Optimized Bakken Wells Paying Off for Continental

Continental Resources started the year with 200 uncompleted Bakken wells in inventory and promised it would begin 2017 by completing a substantial number of them.

Not only has the company made good on that promise, but it has exceeded its own expectations for production, according to its second quarter earnings report.

Last quarter, the company had announced promising results for seven optimized Bakken completions. This quarter, the company reported that those wells are continuing to outperform the 980 Mboe Estimated Ultimate Recovery type curve by 55 percent.

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